Unlike the other sites our unknown photographer visited on August 31, 1973, Sudbury Massachusetts is not an important site in the American Revolution. Despite that the town has quite a history dating back to 1639. In addition the Sudbury militia participated at both the Concord and Lexington Battles.
The Wayside Inn in Sudbury may be the oldest operating inn in the United States with documentation stating it opened in 1686.
The Inn is also known as “Longfellow’s Wayside Inn due to the popularity of his book of poems entitled “Tales of a Wayside Inn
Behind the Inn, is the Grist Mill. Designed by hydraulic engineer J.B. Campbell and built by Henry Ford in 1929, it ground it’s first “grist” on Thanksgiving Day of that year. It is still in production today, and flour from the mill can be purchased at the Wayside Inn.
The Grist Mill’s most famous resident was the Pepperidge Farm company who used this mill as a production facility from 1952 until 1967. The building remains the basis for the company logo.
The Sudbury School in down the road from the Wayside Inn.
The Wayside Country Store in Sudbury Massachusetts
Also nearby is the Wayside Country Store. Another building “collected” and moved to it’s current location by Henry Ford. It was built in 1790 and moved to it’s present site by Hager Pond in 1928.
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